State v. McGee

STEELMAN, Judge.

The trial court did not err in instructing the jury that bail bondsmen cannot violate North Carolina motor vehicle laws in order to make an arrest. Defendant was not authorized to operate his motor vehicle at a speed greater than was reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions because of his status as a bail bondsman. The trial court’s instruction to the jury did not lessen the State’s burden of showing that defendant’s violation of North Carolina motor vehicle laws was intentional, willful, wanton, or reckless.

I. Factual and Procedural History

On the morning of 31…